NOTE ON SELECT FODDER GRASSES. 



As a guide to those who may wish to know which are the best kinds 

 of fodder grasses to cultivate, or to encourage the growth of, in particu- 

 lar soils and localities, I have selected from the foregoing list a certain 

 number of the more desirable kinds, and have arranged them into groups 

 under the following headings — (1), Those grasses which are generally 

 considered to be of first class excellence for fodder. (2), Fodder grasses 

 which thrive in or near water. (3), Grasses which thrive on black soil ; 

 (4), Grasses which are more or less characteristic of saline soils. 



1. First class Fodder Grasses: — Panicum colonura, Linn, (rich 

 ground). P. flavidum, Retz. (rich ground). P. frumentaceum, Eoxb. 

 (cult, ground). P. helopus, Trin. (rich ground). P. jumentorum, Pers. 

 (cult, ground). P. miliaceum, Linn. (cult, ground). P. miliare, Lamk. 

 (light culturable ground). P. prostratum, Lamk. (rich ground). P. 

 sanguinale, Linn, (rich ground). Cenchrus catharticus, Del. (sandy 

 soil). C. montanus, Nees. (sandy soil).. Pennisetnm cenchroides, Rick. 

 (light culturable soil). Euchlasna luxurians, Ascheron (rich moist soil). 

 Zea Mays, Linn. (cult, ground). Elionurus hirsutus, Munro (sandy 

 soil). Ischaemum laxum, R. Br. (sandy soil). Heteropogon con tortus, 

 R. and S. (hardly to be recommended for cultivation, but wherever it 

 exists in abundance it will be found to be a very serviceable fodder grass). 

 Andropogon annulatus, Forsh. (almost any kind of soil). A. foveolatus, 

 Del. (stony and sandy ground). A. Ischsemum, Linn, (light soil). A. 

 laniger, Desf. (sandy soil). A. pertusus, Willd. (light soil). Sorghum 

 vulgare, Pers. (cult, ground). Iseilema laxum, Hack, (heavy clay soil). 

 I. Wightii, Anders, (clay soil). Alopecurus pratensis, Linn, (rich ground). 

 Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. (light soil). Avena sativa, Linn. (cult, 

 ground). Cynodon Dactylon, Pers. (light soil). Eleusine aegyptiaca, 

 Pers. (rich ground). E. flagellifera, Nees. (sandy soil). Eragrostis 

 plnmosa, Link, (sandy soil). Triticum sativum, Lamk. (cult, ground). 

 Hordeum vulgare, Linn. (cult, ground). 



2. Those kinds which thrive in or near water: — Paspalum 

 Kora, Willd. Eriochloa polystachya, H. B. and K. Isachne austra- 

 lis, R. Br. Panicum Crus-Galli, Linn. P. fluitans, Retz. P. Myurus, 

 Lamk. P. paludosum, Roxb. Coix Lachryma, Linn. Hygrorhiza aris- 



